Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Bronze Flower Vase Vtg Hanatate Brown BA326 iris Bottom container 4 cm x

Bottom container 4 cm x 7

Packed weight: 891 grams

Translucent dots design called Hotarude or Hotaruyaki

7 cm long x 23

7 cm long x 5 cm tall

Japanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Bronze Flower Vase Vtg Hanatate Brown BA326 iris Bottom container 4 cm xJapanese Buddhist Altar Fitting Flower Vase This is a bronze flower vase, hanatate, for Buddhist altars. It is common to offer a range of seasonal and symbolic flowers in front of a Buddhist altar. It is also a vessel for Sakaki leaves or Shashagi leaves in Shinto. The meaning of offering sakaki tree leaves is that the gods living in the sakaki tree will protect the grave and the soul. This particular vase has a gold crane shaped Nichiren Shoshu sect